La escuela y el premio. «El programa ilustrado de Manuel Belgrano»: medios generales de fomentar la agricultura, animar la industria, proteger el comercio en un país agricultor (1796)

Abstract

The Argentine educational historiography considers the document that we present as a fundamental piece to exemplify the educational ideas and proposals of the Enlightened Movement in «Río de la Plata». The relationship between education and the State; education, work, and economy; women education; utilitarianism; are some of the topics identified in the Report which is commented. This pedagogical thought boosted by Belgrano had continuity in his journalistic writings and in the proposals and achievements during his public intervention as a royal official and as a revolutionary leader. The political leading role of Belgrano facilitates the enquiry on the elements of continuity and pedagogical rupture —and not only pedagogical— between the Enlightenment and the Independence movements. The complexity and eclecticism of his thought are not usually considered by the educational historiography.